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Building permits by ZIP code in Richmond

Data through April 2025 · updated 21 Oct 2026

5 ZIP codes have 250 or more building permits in Richmond, May 2023 through April 2025. 94804 is the busiest with 2,392 (35% of 6,783). Together they hold 100% of the permits.

ZIP codes by permits

Busiest first, May 2023 through April 2025. Top kind of work is the one with the most permits in that ZIP code.

ZIP codePermitsShareTop kind of work
948042,39235%Remodels & repairs (474)
948011,63524%Electrical (419)
948061,06516%Plumbing (260)
9480391714%Solar (206)
9480575011%Roofing (177)

2 more ZIP codes have fewer than 250 permits each (23 in all), so no page.

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How these numbers are made

Source: Transparent Richmond, PermitTrak (Socrata dataset qg2r-652v), read 21 Oct 2026. We count permits issued May 2023 through April 2025; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building and trade permits the City of Richmond issued inside the city limits, including SolarAPP+ solar permits; a few city parcels carry an El Sobrante or San Pablo mailing address. Encroachment, fire, wastewater, rent-control and business permits, plan-check records and revisions of earlier permits are left out. Unincorporated North Richmond and El Sobrante are permitted by Contra Costa County and are not in this file.

  • The city's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Richmond.
  • The city's published file holds no building permit issued after April 2025, although it is still updated for other permit kinds, so these pages end with April 2025.
  • Finished means the city's status is Finaled or Closed; a final date comes from the city's finaled date. Expired permits lapsed without a final inspection; cancelled permits are not counted.
  • The value is the job value declared on the permit.
  • Homes are the permits the city files as residential (building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical) plus SolarAPP+ rooftop solar permits.
  • Solar battery (Powerwall) permits without panels count as electrical; seismic retrofits and alteration or repair permits count as remodels.

Counts are permits, not jobs: one job can need several permits. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. Sources and definitions →

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Common questions

  • Which ZIP code in Richmond has the most building permits?94804, with 2,392 permits, May 2023 through April 2025; then 94801 (1,635).
  • Can I see the permits for one address in Richmond?Not here: we publish permits by ZIP code without street addresses. The city keeps each property's permit history; search its records by address or permit number.
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